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Energy Suspension Rear Trailing Arm Bushings - 1992-1996 Honda Prelude
Does the back end of your 4th gen Prelude feel darty or unsettled, like the rear is steering itself a little when you're cornering hard or hit a bump mid-turn? A big part of that is your worn rear trailing arm bushings. They're the pieces that pin your rear toe in place, and after 25-plus years of that soft factory rubber cracking and squishing, the rear can shift around under load instead of staying put. These Energy Suspension polyurethane trailing arm bushings lock it all back down, so your Prelude's rear end feels planted and predictable again instead of wandering on you.
What These Actually Fix
Here's the deal with trailing arm bushings, because it's easy to overlook them. Their whole job is holding your rear toe and caster where they're supposed to be. When the rubber's worn, the rear toe gets to wander around as the suspension loads and unloads, and that's what gives you that vague, twitchy feeling in the back, especially when you're pushing the car or braking hard into a corner. Swap in Energy's Hyper-Flex poly and that movement's gone. Your rear toe stays locked in, the car tracks straight and turns in cleaner, and the whole back end just feels tighter and more connected. It's even more noticeable if you're running bigger aftermarket wheels and tires, since there's more leverage trying to push that geometry around.
Why Energy's Poly Holds Up
This is where Hyper-Flex earns it. It shrugs off the oil, water, and road grime that turn old rubber bushings to mush, so once these are in, they stay solid for the long haul instead of slowly going soft on you again. And keeping your rear geometry pinned down doesn't just sharpen the handling, it takes stress off the rest of your rear suspension parts, so they're not getting yanked around by a rear end that won't hold its alignment. Do it right and you're not back here again.
The Honest Tradeoff On Ride
Let's be straight with you. Poly is firmer than the factory rubber, so you'll feel and hear a bit more of the road through the rear than you did when everything was fresh. On a Prelude you actually enjoy driving, that tighter, more connected feel is exactly what you're after. But if yours is a comfort-first cruiser, just know the rear firms up a little going in.
Grease Them Well
One thing you've got to do: grease these properly on install. Like any poly bushing, they'll squeak if they go in dry, and that's the number one gripe people have about poly. Use plenty of a polyurethane-safe grease on every surface where the bushing pivots and they'll stay quiet. If a squeak ever does show up later, it almost always just means it's time for a re-grease, nothing more.
What To Expect On Install
Heads-up on the work: the new bushings press in fine, but getting the old rubber out of the trailing arms is the part that takes some muscle, since on a car this age it's usually seized right in there. A press or a good bushing tool makes it a lot less of a fight, and a lot of folks just pull the trailing arms and do it on the bench. If you're already back there refreshing the rest of the rear suspension, this is a smart one to knock out while everything's apart.
Specs
- Type: rear trailing arm bushing set, polyurethane
- Material: Energy Suspension Hyper-Flex polyurethane
- Function: maintains rear toe and caster alignment
- Color: black
- Fits all 92-96 Prelude trims (S, Si, Si 4WS, SE, VTEC)
Fits These Cars
- 1992-1996 Honda Prelude S
- 1992-1996 Honda Prelude Si
- 1992-1996 Honda Prelude Si 4WS
- 1992-1996 Honda Prelude SE
- 1992-1996 Honda Prelude VTEC
Note: Energy Suspension Hyper-Flex polyurethane rear trailing arm bushing set for the 1992-1996 Honda Prelude (BB), in black. Replaces the worn factory rubber that holds the rear trailing arms, locking in your rear toe and caster so the rear end stays planted and predictable, with sharper turn-in and straighter tracking, and it takes stress off the rest of the rear suspension by keeping the geometry where it belongs. The benefit is even more noticeable with larger aftermarket wheels and tires. Fits all 92-96 Prelude trims (S, Si, Si 4WS, SE, VTEC). Polyurethane rides firmer than stock, so grease every bushing thoroughly with a polyurethane-safe grease on install to prevent squeaks. The old rubber is often seized in on a car this age, so a press or bushing tool helps with removal. One set per order.